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"We at the Minaret of Freedom Institute denounce the attacks on American and other civilians that occured on Sept. 11 and offer condolences to the victims and their families. As American Muslims we find these attacks a triple tragedy: As Americans our country is under attack; as Muslims attacks on noncombatants is anathema to us; and as the "usual suspects" in a situation of this type we must be concerned with new abridgements of civil liberties that may be directed first at us, but will eventually be to the detriment of all Americans." Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad, President
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Picture Gallary 2001 Annual Dinner Wallace Deen Mohammed, Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad, and Anwar Haddam take questions after making presentations on "The Importance of Liberty to Muslims. . Conference on Jerusalem The "First Conference on Jeruslaem" was convened in Beirut to establish a new international organization for the liberation of Jerusalem. MFI President Imad- ad-Dean Ahmad addressed the conference on the need for Muslim goups to speak to the non-Muslim world with the same openness and candor with which they speak to one another. A New Islamic University in America Dr. Taj Hargey, Prof. Ali Mazrui, and Dr. Imad-ad- Dean Ahmad were among the discussants making plans for a new Islamic Uiversity in America at a meeting in Hawthorne, New York. Secret Evidence Dr. Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad spoke out on secret evidence laws at the National Libertarian Convention. 2000 Annual Dinner Prof. Azizah al-Hibri of the T.C. Williams School of Law at the University of Richmond addresses the 2000 MFI Annual Dinner on "The Islamic Marriage Contract in American Courts." Dinner attendees listen to Prof. Azizah al-Hibri.	WHAT'S NEW ON THE SITE? [9/27/2001] Links to Dr. Ahmad's Islamonline column have been updated. Links to previously unavalilable articles added include articles on the Sept. 11 attack on America and Bush's Declaration of War on Terrorism. [9/27/2001] The activities page has been updated. [9/27/2001] Our Links page has been updated with the addition of links to the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the Frontier Post (Pakistani News Service), iviews.com, Women's Allaince for Peace in Afghanistan, and Afghan News Network. [9/9/2001] A rebuttal to Daniel Pipes and Steven Emerson's Wall Street Journal Article that called for the shutting down of Islamic web sites is available. [9/9/2001] A bad link to the article on An Islamic Perspective of the Wealth of Nations has been fixed. [9/9/2001] Links to Dr. Ahmad's Islamonline column have been updated. Links to previously unavalilable articles added include articles on The DiIulio Resignation in Context, Death Squads, The Racism Conference, Lantos, Emerson, and Pipes, Federal Funding for Stem Cell Research? Returning to the White House: A Frank Talk with John DiIulio, Jamil al-Amin Framed? Talking Turkey at the IMF, Haram Legislation on Halaal Food, Adding Insult To Injury. [9/9/2001] Our links page has been expanded to include links to: The Coalition of Women for a Just Peace, al-Bawaba (Middle East News Gateway), civilliberty.about.com wuth J.D. Tucille. [7/23/2001] Links to Dr. Ahmad's Islamonline column have been updated and links to previously unavailable articles added include articles on the energy crisis in California, Barak’s Brinkmanship and the Clinton "Legacy", t he Bush Appointments , the real reasons for the failure of Camp David II, secret evidence laws, and special laws targetting Palestinians. [7/5/2001] A bad link to Dr. Ahmad's article on "the Real Reason to Oppose Aid to Israel" has been fixed. [7/5/2001] Our history pages has been updated. [7/5/2001] Our links page has been reorganized and expanded to include links to al-Bawaba's Middle East News Service , the American Committee on Jerusalem , Islamic News and Information Service, Islamic Studies: Islam, Arabic and Religion, Paradise in the Poconos , the Electronic Intifada , Coalition of Women for a Just Peace, U.S. Committee for a Free Lebanon. [6/4/2001] Our links to Islamonline have been fixed so that you go to the most recent politics page. [5/20/2001] In a recent appearance on the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer , Minaret of Freedom president Dr. Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad explained why all the talk about what the Pope didn't say to Syria's president Bashar al-Assad obscures what he DID say: that Israel must abide by International law including U.N. resolutions and the Geneva Conventions. [5/20/2001] In a letter submitted to the editor of the Wall Street Journal , Dr. Ahmad rebuts an opinion piece by Robert Bork and demonstrates how Antonin Scalia is actually opposing freedom of religion. [4/8/2001] This site is now searchable with the Google Search Engine! Click here to search. [3/31/2001] The programs to our 2001, 2000, 1999 and 1998 annual dinners are available on line. [3/31/2001]Dr. Ahmad's talk to the Inspiration of Astronomical Phenomena Conference on "Astronomical References in the Ruba'iyat of Omar Khayyam" is available online. [3/16/2001] Fixed a broken link to the picture of the meeting on the New University. [3/16/2001] Details are now available on our annual dinner , scheduled for April 1, 2001 at the Doubletree Hotel in Rockville, MD with special speakers Anwar Haddam and Warith Deen Mohammed . The mujaahid and the mujtahid will speak on "The Importance of Liberty To Muslims." [2/22/2001] Our Activity page has been updated including a notice of Dr. Ahmad's address at the "First Conference on Jerusalem" in Beirut. Note that Dr. Ahmad is now a regular contributer to politics column on the Islam on line website. [2/22/2001] Our links page has been expanded to include links to Muqtedar Khan's Global Eye , the Islamic radio station WWTL , Islam on Line , Arabicseek , and Partners for Peace. [10/27/2000] Dr. Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad's paper on Building Islamic Civil Society from the Ground Up is now available online. [10/27/2000] Our links page has been expanded, including links to the American Muslim Social Scientists , the American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences , the Islamic Society of North America , the American Committee on Jerusalem , and The Muslim Observer. [10/12/2000] Prof. Azizah al-Hibri's speech on Islamic Marriage Contracts in the American Courts is now available. [10/12/2000] Our unpublished (surprised?) letter to the Washington Post comparing the reaction to the treatment Iranian Jews convicted of illegal travel to Israel with the treatment of Muslims held under secret evidence laws in America is available. [8/9/2000] The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs coverage our Annual Dinner is available. [8/9/2000] We have added some important sites to links page, including the Muslim Peace Fellowship and the Free Anwar Official Home Page -a Website about the injustice to Anwar Ibrahim. [7/8/2000] Our History page has been updated. [7/8/2000] Dr. Ahmad's speech on Religious Liberty and Secret Evidence given at the Libertarian National Convention is available. A shorter version of the address, dealing with secret evidence only is available from C-SPAN . [6/22/2000] The programs to our 2000, 1999 and 1998 annual dinners are available on line. [6/22/2000] Translations of the Qur'anic verses read at the National Cathedral Interfaith Service for Nuclear Reduction are available on our site. [5/15/2000] We have reworded a question on our list on Women in Islam to take into account comments from our supporters. [5/9/2000] Our personell page has been updated with a picture of Asst. Treasurer Omar Altalib. [5/3/2000] Our links page has been updated with links to Kamilat , iMuslim , and the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy . [5/2/2000] Our personell page has been updated to show the appointment of our newest director, Prof. Maysam al-Faruqi. [5/2/2000] Dr. Ahmad moderated a panel at the UASR conference on America, Islam, and the New Millinium. (See picture at left.) [5/2/2000] Our pamphlet on Female Genital Mutilation (and Female Circumcision) is now available in large quantities at a lower price: $29 for 60 copies postpaid. Send your order with payment to our address above. [5/2/2000] Our activities and publications pages have been updated. [3/20/00] Our links page has been updated. Please sign the petition at the site of the Council for Palestinian Repatriation and Restitution on behalf of the property rights of the Palestinians. Also check out the web page of Mohammad Khatemi, the President of Iran .

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